Bicycle pedal grips

Abstract

A device adheres between the sole of a bicyclist's foot and a conventional bicycle pedal to effect substantially instantaneous adherence and release therebetween without use of manual manipulation, special shoes, tools, special bicycle parts or the like. A first mating portion is removably attached to a conventional bicycle pedal utilizing fabric type adherence panels of hooks and loops of the type presently commercially available under the trademark VELCRO. A second mating portion is similarly removably attached to the sole of a conventional bicyclist's shoe. Mating panels on the top of the bicycle pedal on bottom or sole of the bicyclist's foot or shoe then create the adherence. The adherence panels are used both for attachment of the first and second mating portions to the pedal and shoe respectively, and also for creating the adherence between the bicyclist's foot and bicycle pedal.

We claim: 
     
       1. A bicycle pedal grip in combination with a bicycle pedal comprising: a first mating portion having a flexible central band attached at least in part to the bicycle pedal by wrapping said central band around the pedal, at least one first mating portion adherence panel connected thereto, and at least one fastening strap connected to the first mating portion at substantially right angles to the direction said central band is wrapped around the pedal, said fastening strap being wrapped around an inside edge of the pedal and having adherence properties with respect to and being removably adhered to at least one first mating portion adherence panel whereby said first mating portion is prevented from slipping outward along the pedal but is readily removable therefrom; and   a second mating portion having a flexible central band, at least one second mating portion adherence panel connected thereto and having adherence properties with respect to at least one first mating portion adherence panel, said second mating portion being attachable to a sole of a foot of a bicyclist at least in part, in readily removable manner, by wrapping said second mating portion about a ball of the foot.   
     
     
       2. The bicycle pedal grip of claim 1 wherein the first mating portion central band is comprised of elastic fabric and is attached to the bicycle pedal at least in part by stretching the first mating portion central band about the pedal. 
     
     
       3. The bicycle pedal grip of claim 1 wherein the second mating portion central band is comprised of elastic fabric and is attached to the sole of the bicyclist at least in part by stretching the second mating portion central band about a foot of the bicyclist. 
     
     
       4. The bicycle pedal grip of claim 1 wherein the second mating portion further comprises a removal loop connected to one end of the second mating portion central band. 
     
     
       5. The bicycle pedal grip of claim 1 wherein the first mating portion flexible central band further comprises two adherence panels having adherence properties with respect to each other, one such panel being connected to a first side of the central band at a first end thereof, and the other such panel being connected to a second side of the central band at a second end thereof. 
     
     
       6. The bicycle pedal grip of claim 1 wherein the second mating portion flexible central band further comprises two adherence panels having adherence properties with respect to each other, one such panel being connected to a first side of the central band at a first end thereof, and the other such panel being connected to a second side of the central band at a second end thereof. 
     
     
       7. The bicycle pedal grip of claim 1 wherein the adherence panels are further comprised of one of the alternatives of: male adherence panels having a base material from which stands in substantially erect manner a multiplicity of flexible hooks; and   female adherence panels having a base material from which stands in substantially erect manner a multiplicity of loops suitable for engaging in a random manner the hooks of the male adherence panels.